The lights dimmed inside Mariscos Guadalajara restaurant in Arlington on a recent Saturday night. As families and couples sat at tables and waitresses carried...
, but especially those allowing children.
Drag is best known as when a man does women’s clothing and makeup to perform. But drag queens can be gay or straight, cisgender or transgender. Those who identify as men often refer to themselves as “she” while performing and “he” in everyday life.Imitadoras, however, are more often transgender women who work depicting just one or two specific female singers, dancers, or other celebrities.
“It’s safe, it’s relaxed, there’s a lot of work and there’s good acceptance. Respect is earned by each artist by making themselves respected, and people like our work,” said Díaz. Her business card includes a picture of her as Jenny Rivera, the regional Mexicana singer known as “La Diva de la Banda,” who died in 2012 when her airplane crashed.
“We are all immigrants, and we have to get by in some way or another. But we pay taxes as anybody else. So, for me, it’s a job. Working in a restaurant is dignified money. We pay taxes each time I buy something I need for my show, each time I buy makeup, wigs,” Zamarripa said.
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